At the New York Market — There’s a whole lot of name-dropping going on at 261 Fifth Avenue, where Himatsingka America’s showrooms are adding star power, international design and urban street art to its portfolio of brands.More ...

Chicago – The recently renamed Fashion Bed Group, formerly the Leggett & Platt Consumer Products Group, is opening a 13,700-sq.-ft showroom in High Point this month to house its portfolio of bedding accessories.

New York – Aside from its usual wealth of new colors and styles of dec pillows for the season, Caldeira US came to New York Home Fashions Market last week with something else new that it hopes gives it an edge.

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It’s go time. The showrooms are set. The sales sheets have been distributed. The appointment schedules mapped out.
There’s a lot to see and talk about at this week’s New York Home Fashions Market. Based on previews and pre-market conversations, here’s what to keep an eye on.
Better qualities. In just about every product category and regardless of pricing tier, qualities are improving. This isn’t just about lower cotton prices. (Although cotton prices have settled down, labor and freight costs have been climbing.) Microfiber constructions are better, too – getting heavier, lending fabrics a cottony hand ...

While most of the rest of the semi-same world is focused on what’s really important this month — the college basketball playoffs — those of us in the good old home textiles industry will once more square off in that delightful exercise known as New York market week. It’s what we do.
But in the spirit of competition, let’s get our brackets set for this sporting event where full-court presses, man-to-man defenses, picks and an inordinate amount of fouls are all part of the game.
The Same Old Customers vs. New Prospects. A lot of vendors will complain there ...

I experienced some déjà vu this weekend while binging on the newly released Season 3 of “House of Cards” on Netflix.
(NOTE: Show fans – Stop here if you don’t want a spoiler)
In episode 8, fictional presidential candidate Heather Dunbar, who is on the campaign trail in Cedar Rapids, gives a motivational speech to a cheering crowd of blue-collar workers on the need for Walmart to raise its minimum wage.
Had she lived in the real world, she’d be about two weeks too late.
On Feb. 19, Walmart said it was raising the minimum wage to $10 ...

Like most people who think the United States and America are the same and that the place north of us is … well, that place, my understanding of the particulars of Canada are somewhat vague and largely uninformed.
Nothing personal, mind you. I’ve rarely met a Canadian I didn’t like and I’m quite fond of their comedians, hockey players and bacon.
But when it comes to understanding why business in Canada is not necessarily the same as business in the United States I’m as ignorant as the next guy … especially if the next guy works at 1000 ...